Ancestry for 1841-1911 census, Birth Marriage and Death records and a host of other records for people tracing their family and military history, available free in Crown Street Library, please ask staff for details.

Find My Past, worldwide edition with a wide range of resources, back by popular demand and available free in Crown Street Library. Guidance available in the Centre for Local Studies, please ask staff. The 1939 Register is also available here free of charge. Taken at the outbreak of World War II it contains the personal details of 41 million people in England and Wales. Pop in and have a look at it!

Quaker RecordsQuaker Records

Minutes of Monthy Meetings for Darlington, see full list here and some indexed records from national journals.

Boyds Marriage Index 1538-1837 for Durham and Yorkshire, on microfilm.

The collection contains over 40,000 indexed images of local people and places, some of these are oil paintings and watercolours. There is also access to the Durham Record, a collection of photographs of County Durham.

NewspapersNewspapers

As well as a full collection of microfilms for The Northern Echo, we also hold a range of other regional newspapers, mainly on microfilm.

Monumental inscriptions are transcripts of the wording on headstones and can be very useful when tracing your family history.

The Centre for Local Studies has an extensive collection of Monumental Inscriptions compiled mainly by the Cleveland, South Durham and North Yorkshire Family History Society. To see our full list click here

Darlington Cemetery RecordsDarlington Cemetery Records

Burial records are available on microfilm for West Cemetery 1858-1998, North Cemetery 1874-1998 and East Cemetery 1928-1998.

MapsMaps

From 1826 to date, and access to the Durham Record which contains mapping of County Durham 1850 – 1990.

DirectoriesDirectories

Trade and street directories for Darlington, County Durham, Northumberland and Yorkshire 1827-1974.